Abdula Abdulzhalilov Judoka

Abdula Abdulzhalilov

Country:Russia

Born:25 October 1990 (27 years)

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Russian judoka Abdula Abdulzhalilov from Dagestan won the Grand Slam in Ekaterinburg in 2017 U66kg. He won bronze at the European Open in Rome in 2017. He won the Grand Prix in Miami in 2013. He got bronze at the Grand Prix in Samsun U66kg In November 2016 he won the Grand Prix in Qingdao. Abdulzhalilov won European bronze U23 in 2012. He took a bronze medal at the Grand Prix in Zagreb in 2016. He took bronze at the Grand Slam in Ekaterinburg in 2018.

Israelian Tal Flicker saved his best performance for his fourth and final contest at the Grand Slam in Abu Dhabi as he dismissed European bronze medallist Nijat Shikhalizada of Azerbaijan in a battle of U66kg livewires. The final final, perhaps even contest of all at the first day. Read more

Abdula Abdulzhalilov of Russia made his Grand Slam outing count on Saturday as he methodically worked his way to the top of the U66kg medal podium. Abdulzhalilov won the Grand Prix in Antalya in April as well and seems to be a good choice for Russia on this category. Read more

The first day of the Grand Slam in Ekaterinburg delivered quite some surprises but an equal distribution of the final position among a number of strong judo nations. The Russian athletes showing good results, especially in the women’s categories where they seemed to get more grip to take some of the medals this year. Brazil and Japan are the two other outperforming nations so far in the tournament. Read more

After the elimination of the top seeded athlete, Davaadorj Tumurkhuleg of Mongolia finalist of the last Grand Prix of Tbilisi, the second men's final of this first day of competition of the Grand Prix Antalya saw Bektur Rysmambetov (KGZ) opposed to Abdula Abdulzhalilov of Russia, who was not among the top four athletes of the day before the start of the competition. Read more